I wondered why I had that sharp pain under my shoulder blade today. :)

Seriously, this broke my 16-year-old heart back in the day. Renee is, to this day, my favorite character to walk through Salem. I was a lonely teenager, dealing with being gay, and there was something about her that spoke to me. Her final tirade where she talks about being on the outside looking in all of her life and feeling a compelling need for people to like her really resonated with me back then.

Given the resurgence of the Dimeras over the years, it really is a shame that Renee is not alive to take her place as the matriarch. Philece Sampler was just so damn talented!

I also remember how great Wayne (Roman) was in those scenes. Larry Welch was running for office and he came to the mansion and said to Roman, oh good, we can nail this one. Roman said to him "a young woman has just been murdered and your worried about your political career, Welch you make me sick", with tears in his eyes.